Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet

He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge,[1] and proceeded to Gray's Inn[2] though he seems not to have qualified as a barrister.

Strickland was a strict Puritan, and after Strafford's death he moved firmly towards the Parliamentary cause, although the king created him a baronet on 29 July 1641, perhaps hoping to sway him towards support for the Crown.

Strickland sat for Hedon throughout the Long Parliament, taking a hard line in support of the Commonwealth and later of Cromwell.

(An opposition pamphleteer described him as "for settling the Protector anew in all those things for which the king was cut off".

(His younger brother, Walter Strickland, was also a member, and held a number of other senior offices during the Commonwealth.)